Southern Miss offering classes for soldiers at Camp Shelby

Southern Miss offering classes for soldiers at Camp Shelby

12:46 AM,
Oct. 13, 2012

University of Southern Mississippi English instructor Ann McNair helps Staff Sgt. Michael Thornton improve his writing skills for an English 101 class at Camp Shelby. Southern Miss is teaching classes at the military base for the first time this semester.

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In a small brown building, identical to many others at Camp Shelby, Staff Sgt. Michael Thornton workshops his essay on colorful Club La Vela in Panama City, Fla.

"Panama City is a place of tradition, that's been going on for many years," he reads. "Just like the birds know when to fly south and the ants know when to put away, humans have a tingling sense when it's summer and it's time to have fun."

Grading him is Ann McNair, a University of Southern Mississippi English instructor, who writes each theme of his work on a white board, such as "rite of passage." ...